Stamps issued to mark 11th Party Congress

The Ministry of Information and Communications on Jan. 5 held a ceremony
to introduce a special set of stamps to mark the 11 th National
Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in Hanoi.

Addressing the ceremony, Le Doan Hop, Minister of Information and
Communications affirmed that over the past 65 years, the postal sector’s
development has been associated with important events of the country
and stamp collections on the CPV always play an important role in the
history of Vietnamese revolutionary postage stamps.

The
special set of stamps feature a portrait of President Ho Chi Minh and a
Party flag on the background as well as outstanding achievements in the
industrialisation and modernization of the country.

Since the third Party Congress, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications
Group has issued 13 sets of stamps to welcome the Party Congresses.

On this occasion, a film programme to mark the event and welcome the
Lunar New Year (Tet) festival will kick start on Jan. 10 nationwide./.

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UK ambassador plays last soccer match

Mark Kent (red jersey) plays his last soccer match in Hanoi in his 3-year tenure in Vietnam as UK ambassador

Photo: Tuoi Tre

Last weekend Mark Kent and his son Alexandre played a soccer match with a bunch of youngsters in Hanoi, their last in Vietnam before the British ambassador returns home at the end of his tenure.

Mark had chosen to play the sport to relax during his three years in Hanoi and his soccer friends gave father and son a sendoff before the match.

“I only play 15-20 minutes in each half,” he said. He is now 44 years old.

Mark and Alexandre took turns to play as a striker.

“Lam ra lam, choi ra choi” (Work hard, play hard), the ambassador said in fluent Vietnamese.

After the match, the team went out to drink draught beer on the streets. In the UK, Mark will still play soccer with his son during weekends but will miss the Hanoi draught beer.

During his stay in the country since December 2007 he became famous for his Vietnamese blog to connect with the local online community and deepen the understanding between two countries.

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